THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A SET OF FIVE INKSTICKS IN A FITTED LACQUER BOX
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A SET OF FIVE INKSTICKS IN A FITTED LACQUER BOX
18th century
Comprising five variously shaped crisply moulded inksticks, each decorated with a different garden scene of a scholar at leisure and with impressed gilt inscriptions on both sides and seals on the reverse, the cover with a gilt four-character inscription within a border of scrolling lotus sprays
from 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) to 3 7/8in. (10cm.) long, wooden box, printed sheet of calligraphy
18th century
Comprising five variously shaped crisply moulded inksticks, each decorated with a different garden scene of a scholar at leisure and with impressed gilt inscriptions on both sides and seals on the reverse, the cover with a gilt four-character inscription within a border of scrolling lotus sprays
from 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) to 3 7/8in. (10cm.) long, wooden box, printed sheet of calligraphy